Apple Bringing Spatial Photo and Video Support to Safari for Vision Pro Users

Vision Pro users will soon be able to view spatial photos and videos in Safari, according to PetaPixel. The photography site did an interview with Apple product manager Della Huff and designer Billy Sorrentino, who shared that Apple is bringing spatial photo and spatial video support to Safari.

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Later this year, web developers will be able to add spatial photos and videos to their websites, which will be viewable in 3D on the Vision Pro.

Spatial photos and videos can be captured with the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max, as well as all four iPhone 16 models and the Vision Pro itself. Note that spatial photo support for the ‌iPhone 15‌ Pro is coming in iOS 18.1, set to be released next week. With Vision Pro and visionOS 2, even existing photos can have added depth.

As of right now, spatial photos and videos can only be viewed on Vision Pro when they're sent to you directly via Messages, email, or AirDrop, which makes it difficult to see content from other people. Browser support for spatial videos and photos will let iPhone users upload their content to websites where anyone with a Vision Pro can see it in 3D.

For those without a Vision Pro, spatial photos and videos will look like standard media embeds. "Once you embedded spatial content, folks who are on Vision Pro are getting spatial and folks who are just looking at it on their laptop see it in two dimensions," Sorrentino told PetaPixel.

There is no word on exactly when spatial photo and video support will be coming to Safari, but it is expected before the end of the year so it could be included in a visionOS 2.2 update.

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Top Rated Comments

jonnyb098 Avatar
10 months ago
The pr0n industry will be pleased !
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
nfl46 Avatar
10 months ago
Nice! Keep adding features!
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
spaxxedout Avatar
10 months ago

As of right now, spatial photos and videos can only be viewed on Vision Pro when they're sent to you directly via Messages, email, or AirDrop, which makes it difficult to see content from other people...
Not true. Spatial Photos and videos hosted on the web download and play perfectly fine in Files or the Photos app. What the interviewee is speaking of is the ability to view spatial content directly in safari (similar to how USDZ's are handled).
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
G5isAlive Avatar
10 months ago
cue the 'for the five people' comments...

Spatial photos, and the ability to create from 2D is truly impressive. Hopefully Apple will figure out how to make this available to more folks.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
ryanmp Avatar
10 months ago

cue the 'for the five people' comments...

Spatial photos, and the ability to create from 2D is truly impressive. Hopefully Apple will figure out how to make this available to more folks.
And using Spatial Media Toolkit to convert 2D video, it is amazing viewing these on AVP.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Nugget Avatar
10 months ago
I'm in favor of anything that can encourage more people to explore spatial video and audio.

I'm a long-time VR enthusiast but recent Vision Pro buyer. I've only had my AVP for about a week. But I've been buying headsets since the Oculus DK2.

Personal, spatial videos were the standout surprise for me now that I've had a chance to use the AVP more. I was surprised at how deeply emotional spatial videos can be when their subject is someone or something dear to me. I can already tell that a decade from now these videos are going to tap into my nostalgia like no photo or flat video ever has for me.

Even if you think the AVP is a flawed, junker of a product I think that this form of media will absolutely have a role in our future tech lives. It's that powerful. If you're carrying an iPhone that can take spatial photos and video I think you should take some every now and then. Especially when you're with family and those you love. I think future you will be glad you did.
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